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Vayeira 5766 - November 18, 2005
What Kind of G‑d Would Ask You to Sacrifice Your Son?
Skeptic: Now if that's not the epitome of everything wrong with religion... Believer: Aren't you leaving out a very important part of the story?
Skeptic: Now if that's not the epitome of everything wrong with religion... Believer: Aren't you leaving out a very important part of the story?
Parshah
Vayera in a Nutshell
Abraham is visited by three angels and is promised a son. The city of Sodom is destroyed, and Lot’s wife turns into a pillar of salt. Sarah gives birth to Isaac at the age of 90, Hagar and Ishmael are banished, and G‑d orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac.
Abraham is visited by three angels and is promised a son. The city of Sodom is destroyed, and Lot’s wife turns into a pillar of salt. Sarah gives birth to Isaac at the age of 90, Hagar and Ishmael are banished, and G‑d orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac.
Life in Fragments
We don't see the connection between events in our lives. We view others as separate from ourselves. The past is a "memory" and there is no concept or vision of a future. Just like my 2-year-old daughter...
We don't see the connection between events in our lives. We view others as separate from ourselves. The past is a "memory" and there is no concept or vision of a future. Just like my 2-year-old daughter...
Looking for G-d in Central Park
Why is Gefilte Fish tied to a tree in Central Park? Find out in this exclusive news report for Parshat Vayeira!
Why is Gefilte Fish tied to a tree in Central Park? Find out in this exclusive news report for Parshat Vayeira!
Parenting
Everyone Can Win-Win
Chanie is playing ball in the living room; Mom is concerned that something might get broken. Who "owns" the problem? Chanie? Her mother? Or is it the relationship between parent and child that owns the problem?
Chanie is playing ball in the living room; Mom is concerned that something might get broken. Who "owns" the problem? Chanie? Her mother? Or is it the relationship between parent and child that owns the problem?
Clay Vessels and You
My movements are sluggish. A thousand times I have done this. Thousands more I will . . . I yearn for “inspiration” . . .
My movements are sluggish. A thousand times I have done this. Thousands more I will . . . I yearn for “inspiration” . . .
Story
The German Newspapers
"Listen, my friend," I said, "your game is up. Either you explain the Eitz Chayim to me, or else the entire Lubavitch will hear about the interesting tricks you pull with your German newspapers..."
"Listen, my friend," I said, "your game is up. Either you explain the Eitz Chayim to me, or else the entire Lubavitch will hear about the interesting tricks you pull with your German newspapers..."
Said the Divine Attribute of Chessed (love and kindness): "As long as Abraham was around, there was nothing for me to do, for he did my work in my stead."
— Sefer HaBahir
Print Magazine
Due to the limitations of your reality, some of your best friends can enter only incognito.
In fact, the really big ones sometimes sneak in disguised as ugly monsters and vicious enemies. Otherwise, the guards at the gate would never permit them entry.
These are the events optimists call “blessings in disguise.”
Here’...
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